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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Los Angeles," what do the ex-boyfriends do with the narrator's children?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Employ them.
(c) Play sports with them.
(d) Take turns teaching them things.

2. What does Beatrice say happens to your night vision while taking G?
(a) It stays the same.
(b) It gets worse.
(c) It gets sharper.
(d) It disappears entirely.

3. What is unique about the name for yeti lovemaking in the story of the same title?
(a) It is accepted only in Nepal.
(b) It is forbidden.
(c) There is no phonetic translation.
(d) It is very common.

4. Why did Adam often lose jobs in "Oranges"?
(a) He stole money.
(b) He was in jail too often.
(c) He got into fights.
(d) He never tried to work out conflict, but rather always just left.

5. Who contacts the narrator in "Oranges" to ask about Adam?
(a) Christine.
(b) Riki.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Ellen.

6. Who do the police come to the narrator's house looking for in "Los Angeles"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Adam.
(d) Fred.

7. What does the narrator think makes her ex-boyfriend call her again in the story "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Her mating call.
(b) A song he heard.
(c) The siren from the firehouse.
(d) A book he read.

8. What happens to the narrator's fingers the first time she touches the yeti's fur in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) They get softer.
(b) They glow.
(c) They turn furry too.
(d) They bleed.

9. What does Beatrice have trouble doing in the end of the story "G"?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Getting on a plane.

10. What is the narrator's second-favorite drug in the story "G"?
(a) F.
(b) E.
(c) I.
(d) H.

11. Where does the narrator meet the yeti in the story "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) He is her neighbor.
(b) College.
(c) At the bank.
(d) A wine bar.

12. What song does the narrator put on while with the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Coldplay's Yellow.
(b) The Beatles' Blackbird.
(c) Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope.
(d) The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil.

13. Where did Aaron and the narrator of "Los Angeles" first meet?
(a) A taqueria.
(b) A church.
(c) As neighbors.
(d) College.

14. What does Beatrice tell Bonnie is her speciality in the story "G" when Bonnie complains that Beatrice waited a long time to tell her she was leaving?
(a) The picking dance.
(b) The robards.
(c) The sea swim.
(d) The French exit.

15. Who is Beatrice's ex-boyfriend in "G"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Levi.
(c) Rowan.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beatrice "escape" her mother in the story "G"?

2. In "Los Angeles," where do the ex-boyfriends live?

3. Who is Adam's new girlfriend in "Oranges"?

4. When do Bonnie and Beatrice first meet in the story "G"?

5. In "Los Angeles," what does the burned-out sign say?

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